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G10 Vocabulary 22

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Synonym for idiosyncrasy:
a)
eccentricity
b)
blandishment
c)
banality
d)
shibboleth
2.
Antonym for ostentatious:
a)
garish
b)
discreet
c)
ornate
d)
egregious
3.
Synonym for scurrilous:
a)
opprobrious
b)
decorous
c)
impeccable
d)
provincial
4.
Antonym for slough:
a)
jettison
b)
extricate
c)
evade
d)
espouse
5.
Synonym for blatant:
a)
unabashed
b)
derisive
c)
jaded
d)
cloying
6.
Antonym for transient: 
a)
volatile
b)
capricious
c)
perennial
d)
lackadaisical
7.
Synonym for emend:
a)
rectify
b)
lacerate
c)
gainsay
d)
antagonize
8.
Antonym for puerile:
a)
naive
b)
sophisticated
c)
atrophied
d)
candid
9.
Synonym for penchant:
a)
predilection
b)
antipathy
c)
blight
d)
ennui
10.

Synonym for untoward:

a)

hapless

b)

auspicious

c)

felicitous

d)

decorous

11.
It was evident that Harrison was a misogynist, as his T-shirt ____________________ stated that he hated women.
a)
blatantly
b)
scurrilously
c)
transiently
d)
puerilely
12.
Janey's ________________ high-school image was replaced with one of power and success, as she hoped to impress her classmates at her ten-year reunion.
a)
emended
b)
sloughed
c)
ostentatious
d)
scurrilous
13.

Please correct the errors in the document; we'll send the ____________________ version to the publisher.

a)

emended

b)

untoward

c)

idiosyncratic

d)

blatant

14.
Because of her ____________________ makeup, my younger sister was sent to the principal’s office; lipstick and eyeshadow on a six-year-old IS a bit much.
a)
ostentatious
b)
puerile
c)
idiosyncratic
d)
sloughed
15.
What a ____________________ response! I asked what world problem you would solve if you could, and you said you’d make sure every child got to meet Santa. Let's stick to more mature ideas.
a)
puerile
b)
ostentatious
c)
blatant
d)
transient
16.
My teacher’s intellectual yet ____________________ attack on Biblical interpretation made it quite obvious that he was not delivering his content in an unbiased manner.
a)
scurrilous
b)
fiat
c)
transient
d)
puerile
17.

Though I knew my cousin to be from a rural town, I didn't expect his ____________________ behavior at my dinner party; he was a total embarrassment.

a)

untoward

b)

blatant

c)

transient

d)

emended

18.

Our personal ____________________ are what make us unique as individuals and endear us to one another.

a)

idiosyncrasies

b)

transiences

c)

emendments

d)

sloughings

19.

Considering he'd beheaded about thirty-seven dragons in his lifetime, Joffrey was not incorrect in touting his ____________________ for dragon-slaying.

a)

penchant

b)

idiosyncrasy

c)

untowardness

d)

transience

20.

After the children lost their home, they were forced to endure a _____________ existence of moving from one shelter to the next.

a)

transient

b)

puerile

c)

blatant

d)

scurrilous